Archimedes in the baths! Irony

It is known that one of the greatest discoveries by Archimedes was in the baths; he ran out of the baths delighted and shouted: "I found it, I found it".
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Archimedes in the baths! Irony
Archimedes in the baths! Irony

 

Translator: Fahime Seddigh Abedini

Source: rasekhoon.net








 

It is known that one of the greatest discoveries by Archimedes was in the baths; he ran out of the baths delighted and shouted: "I found it, I found it".
The day when Archimedes went to the baths, he probably was dirty. But rather than washing himself, he began to play and submerge in water, going up and down and going up and down again very slowly, Once again, he went down, he abrubtly jumped out of the water and shouted: I found it, I found it …
Those who haven't gone to public baths do not know that crying in the baths has a lot power and a kind of continuous reflection.The echo of voice resonates so much. As if someone was pulling Archimedes' hair he screamed again and again from the depth of his heart: I found it, I found it …
The first impression was that Archimedes has found a pumice, but until that day nobody had yelled like that for a pumice. Those who were closer to Archimedes uncontrollably thought that Archimedes has found a piece of jewelry out of luck and chance, so they also cried with Archimedes: it's ours, it's ours...
But Archimedes ignoring everything and everyone, and even his clothes ran out of the baths – naked, so passionate and thrilled.
Owner of baths just screamed and said: so what about the money of your baths?
But suddenly he was recalled maybe Archimedes has found something precious and valuable, so he chased him screaming: it's mine, it's mine!
After chasing Archimedes for two hundred-three hundred meters, the baths owner quite believed that Archimedes has found something valuable, and now he screamed: Thief, thief, take him...
When Archimedes passed by the market town, population running after him were eighteen people, while Archimedes still kept screaming: I found it, I found it...
Candlers and farriers and trader and sellers asked of those who were running after Archimedes: "What is it?" and they all answered: "he found it, he found it" and followed Archimedes again.

An old woman said: What a shameless man!

A scoundler as soon as seeing Archimedes that naked said: what he has found that he has to show it naked and bare?
Finally they took Archimedes, wrapped around him a cloth, an old man came breathlessly and said: I lost my gold ring last week in the baths, my wife is my witness!
The baths owner also reached: logically what is in the baths belongs to its owner.
One of the Sophists wanted to disagree to the idea but the government agent came: be quite! These things belong to the state.
A middle-aged man in the crowd said: it is not still clear what it is.
The officer said: therefore show us sooner what we own.
But Archimedes, who was unaware of eveything and every one, still kept yelling and screaming: I found it, I found it, I found it...
The crowd which became larger and larger every moment all shouted in a frustrated way: Tell us what you found?
Archimedes shouted with the same enthusiasm: any object which is sunk in water becomes light as the weight of liguid with the same volume.

People said: what, what did you say?

Archimedes being surprised and thrilled of people's accuracy and attention to scientific issues said carefully: any object which is sunk in the water becomes light as the weight of liguid with the same volume.
They said all together: "what does this fool man say? He is crazy" and they were scattered around him and Archimedes heard a far man's voice saying: "Every body that is sunk in the water won't be as crazy as Archimedes" and the laughter of the crowd was loud.
The next day, there was a small board installed on the entrance of baths with a Greek sentence written on it: to preserve moral matters, we are excused to accept the scientists and philosophers.

/J

 

 



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